A former NHS psychologist has launched a new gender clinic for children, despite the uproar over allegedly prescribing puberty blockers to a teenage girl simply because she liked Thomas The Tank Engine. The Mail has the story.
The private service, which charges £1,500 to assess under-18s for gender dysphoria, has been set up by Dr. Heather Wood, who for years worked at the scandal-hit Tavistock gender identity clinic.
The London centre was shut down in March after a damning review declared it “unsafe” over its use of puberty-blocking drugs on vulnerable young people.
The NHS also banned prescribing the powerful drugs to children.
Dr. Wood’s new clinic does not currently offer such prescriptions, but its website says it is in discussions to do so with independent providers.
Dr. Wood is understood to have received a large taxpayer-funded payout when the Tavistock closed, and opened Dignity Gender Assessment Services in Leeds a few weeks ago.
Previously a whistleblower at the Tavistock claimed Dr. Wood had recommended giving a teenage girl puberty blockers after they said they had liked a Thomas The Tank Engine train in early childhood.
The whistleblower claimed Dr. Wood had called her “transphobic” when she raised concerns.
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